Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-3.5 gene in Citrobacter amalonaticus and Citrobacter sedlakii isolated from healthy individual in Thailand
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2023-01-04
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22352988
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85146274519
Pubmed ID
36683683
Journal Title
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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12
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Vol.12 (2023)
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Phuadraksa T., Wichit S., Songtawee N., Tantimavanich S., Isarankura-Na-Ayudhya C., Yainoy S. Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-3.5 gene in Citrobacter amalonaticus and Citrobacter sedlakii isolated from healthy individual in Thailand. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Vol.12 (2023). doi:10.3389/fcimb.2022.1067572 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/81953
Title
Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-3.5 gene in Citrobacter amalonaticus and Citrobacter sedlakii isolated from healthy individual in Thailand
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Abstract
Citrobacter spp. are Gram-negative bacteria commonly found in environments and intestinal tracts of humans and animals. They are generally susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins, carbapenems and colistin. However, several antibiotic resistant genes have been increasingly reported in Citrobacter spp., which leads to the postulation that Citrobacter spp. could potentially be a reservoir for spreading of antimicrobial resistant genes. In this study, we characterized two colistin-resistant Citrobacter spp. isolated from the feces of a healthy individual in Thailand. Based on MALDI-TOF and ribosomal multilocus sequence typing, both strains were identified as Citrobacter sedlakii and Citrobacter amalonaticus. Genomic analysis and S1-nuclease pulsed field gel electrophoresis/DNA hybridization revealed that Citrobacter sedlakii and Citrobacter amalonaticus harbored mcr-3.5 gene on pSY_CS01 and pSY_CA01 plasmids, respectively. Both plasmids belonged to IncFII(pCoo) replicon type, contained the same genetic context (Tn3-IS1-ΔTnAs2-mcr-3.5-dgkA-IS91) and exhibited high transferring frequencies ranging from 1.03×10-4 - 4.6×10-4 CFU/recipient cell Escherichia coli J53. Colistin-MICs of transconjugants increased ≥ 16-fold suggesting that mcr-3.5 on these plasmids can be expressed in other species. However, beside mcr, other major antimicrobial resistant determinants in multidrug resistant Enterobacterales were not found in these two isolates. These findings indicate that mcr gene continued to evolve in the absence of antibiotics selective pressure. Our results also support the hypothesis that Citrobacter could be a reservoir for spreading of antimicrobial resistant genes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report that discovered human-derived Citrobacter spp. that harbored mcr but no other major antimicrobial resistant determinants. Also, this is the first report that described the presence of mcr gene in C. sedlakii and mcr-3 in C. amalonaticus.